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0RPS37Z

Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Right Carpometacarpal Joint, Percutaneous Approach

ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2014 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Right Metacarpocarpal Joint, Percutaneous Approach
  2. FY2018 Description revised Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Right Metacarpocarpal Joint, Percutaneous Approach Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Right Carpometacarpal Joint, Percutaneous Approach

What this code says

Each character is read in its own position, so the same letter means different things in different places. Definitions are CMS's own.

3. Root operation Removal

Taking out or off a device from a body part

If a device is taken out and a similar device put in without cutting or puncturing the skin or mucous membrane, the procedure is coded to the root operation CHANGE. Otherwise, the procedure for taking out a device is coded to the root operation REMOVAL

For example

  • Drainage tube removal, cardiac pacemaker removal

5. Approach Percutaneous

Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach the site of the procedure

6. Device Autologous Tissue Substitute

For example

  • Autograft
  • Cultured epidermal cell autograft
  • Epicel(R) cultured epidermal autograft

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0RP000Z Removal of Drainage Device from Occipital-cervical Joint, Open Approach Valid
0RP003Z Removal of Infusion Device from Occipital-cervical Joint, Open Approach Valid
0RP004Z Removal of Internal Fixation Device from Occipital-cervical Joint, Open Approach Valid
0RP007Z Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Occipital-cervical Joint, Open Approach Valid
0RP008Z Removal of Spacer from Occipital-cervical Joint, Open Approach Valid
0RP00AZ Removal of Interbody Fusion Device from Occipital-cervical Joint, Open Approach Valid
0RP00JZ Removal of Synthetic Substitute from Occipital-cervical Joint, Open Approach Valid
0RP00KZ Removal of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute from Occipital-cervical Joint, Open Approach Valid
0RP030Z Removal of Drainage Device from Occipital-cervical Joint, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0RP033Z Removal of Infusion Device from Occipital-cervical Joint, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0RP034Z Removal of Internal Fixation Device from Occipital-cervical Joint, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0RP037Z Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Occipital-cervical Joint, Percutaneous Approach Valid